"Fitzgerald Baker may well have been conceived in an act of erotic
terrorism. That was what his mother had told him and it can be
verified that Felix Pendragon initiated her into the League of
Erotic Terrorists. However, she was also known to sacrifice truth
for entertainment in most of what she said." With these words,
Phillip Wendell, lifestyle crisis counselor, relates to the reader
the initial phase of the counseling of Fitzgerald Baker whose
crisis was triggered by viewing Roald Vallen's documentary, The
Crying Clown Rites. The painful initiation of youth into manhood,
the bizarre clown makeup and the hunt that ended in a thrill kill
were disturbing parts of the film to Fitz, a disenchanted architect
in his thirties who is tired of the lifestyle of transient
personalities and throwaway relationships. Baker-the great grandson
of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe-believes that maturity has
evaded him and he fears both assassination and suicide because both
run rampant in his ancestry. The film about the secret rites of the
Jackson Hole Enclave bring these fears to the surface. Phillip
takes Fitz on a Candide-like journey through the psychiatric cults
and treatments of the late twenty-second century. This strange
journey culminates when Phillip uses hypnodrug psychodrama to
recreate in Fitz's mind the assassination of John F. Kennedy in
Dallas with Fitz over-identifying with the victim. "The best
psychological science-fiction novel since The Demolished Man...the
tension mounts and mounts...I couldn't put it down...it might do
your head as much good as an Encounter Group with the Marx Brothers
" Robert Anton Wilson, Coauthor of the Illuminatus Trilogy
General
| Imprint: |
Pequod Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2013 |
| First published: |
June 2013 |
| Authors: |
John F Carr
• Don Hawthorne
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-937912-59-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-937912-59-X |
| Barcode: |
9780937912591 |
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